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Sketchbook, Life drawings

Sketchbook
1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketchbook containing life-drawings, diagrams illustrating volume and perspective, and sketches of students drawing. 60 pages of cartridge paper in paper boards with wire binding, with the trademark ‘WIRE-O’


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSketchbook, Life drawings (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, chalk and pencil drawing on paper
Brief description
Sketchbook, Life drawings, by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, ink, chalk and pencil, 1964.
Physical description
Sketchbook containing life-drawings, diagrams illustrating volume and perspective, and sketches of students drawing. 60 pages of cartridge paper in paper boards with wire binding, with the trademark ‘WIRE-O’
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
  • Width: 35cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Demonstration book when I was 69 years of age' (Inscribed on cover)
  • (Inscribed inside with instructions to students)
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.38.
Collection
Accession number
E.683-1975

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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